<p>Your son sounds exactly like my daughter. We visited Virginia and W&M recently and she had the same reaction. We, however, are OOS, which will present its own challenge. I would agree with Davidson, but the question is whether he wants to stay in Virginia or the South. If not, and this might be a bit outside the box, but look at Notre Dame. Believe it or not, my daughter found several similarities between W&M and ND based on criteria that are important to her. There is definitely an undergrad focus and the campus feels a lot smaller than you would think for a school its size. She also noted that both are pedestrian campuses, which is not a feeling she got at UVa. My daughter does have interest in going Greek. ND doesn’t have a Greek system, but your dorm acts as a de facto fraternity/sorority, and whichever dorm you are placed in will automatically become the “best” dorm on campus. A lot of people can’t get around the Catholic identity of the school and all that entails, and the sports scene is much more a part of student life than at W&M, but there are enough similarities that might make it worth a look.</p>